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Expanding scope: Islamabad protests spill over to other cities
FAISALABAD / LAHORE / KARACHI: A day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan announced countrywide protests, rallies were staged in major cities across the country as PTI activists...
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Enforced disappearances: Rights groups press Islamabad on UN convention’s...
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: Rights groups have called upon the Pakistan government to take immediate steps to eliminate instances of enforced disappearances. In a statement issued at the International Day of...
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K-P’s politicos call for end to impasse in Islamabad
PESHAWAR: Terming Saturday night’s clashes in Islamabad harmful to democracy, political leaders in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa urged stakeholders to work towards a swift resolution of the crisis. In a press...
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Islamabad crisis: Hackers attack over two dozen govt websites
KARACHI: With anger mounting against the government for firing teargas, rubber bullets at protesters and assaulting members of the media in Islamabad, hackers have decided to open a cyber-front...
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Backlash: PTI, PAT rise in anger at use of force in Islamabad
PESHAWAR/BANNU/CHARSADDA / BARIKOT: Demonstrations were held by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers throughout Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday following the clash between police...
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Protesting the protests: Legal fraternity boycotts courts across Sindh over...
KARACHI/ HYDERABAD/ SUKKUR: The legal fraternity boycotted court proceedings across the province on Monday to protest the attacks on national institutions by the activists of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf...
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Guns and gasmasks, the Islamabad way
It wasn’t without incident, so the story goes, when Benazir Bhutto went to see Maggie Thatcher. They met at the Dorchester Hotel, over tea sandwiches and scones (for these two serious ladies, perhaps...
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Taking exception: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa lawyers go on strike over violence in...
PESHAWAR: Like other parts of the country, the legal fraternity of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) also went on strike on Monday to denounce the violence during the ongoing protests in Islamabad. Three...
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Islamabad clashes: PAT, PTI chiefs booked on terror charges
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahirul Qadri under...
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UK cautions citizens travelling to Islamabad
As the protests in Islamabad prolong, the United Kingdom on Tuesday issued travel advisory for all its citizens travelling to Pakistan, especially Islamabad. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the...
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US still believes protesters, govt should resolve Islamabad impasse via dialogue
WASHINGTON: As the US shuttered its Embassy in Islamabad and cautioned its citizens from venturing into the Red Zone that is full of revolutionaries and Azadi marchers, the State Department said on...
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(LIVE) Islamabad protests: Jirga has ended deadlock between PAT and govt,...
ISLAMABAD: Fierce clashes erupted between law-enforcers and protesters in Islamabad late Saturday night as protesters attempted to march towards the Prime Minister House. Tear-gas and rubber bullets...
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(LIVE) Islamabad protests: If anyone tries to harm me, I will retaliate, says...
ISLAMABAD: Fierce clashes erupted between law-enforcers and protesters in Islamabad late Saturday night as protesters attempted to march towards the Prime Minister House. Tear-gas and rubber bullets...
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(LIVE) Islamabad protests: PTI to move sit-in to D-Chawk on Saturday
clashes came on the 14th day of sit-ins in the capital, which had thus far remained without incident, and continued for three days. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - Joint session continues for a fourth day -...
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Islamabad protests: Sheikh Rashid urges top court to stay its hand
ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad requested the Supreme Court (SC) to adopt judicial restraint as a political settlement regarding the ongoing crisis will unfold next week....
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(LIVE) Islamabad protests: Opposition’s political jirga expresses dismay over...
As the talks between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and the government resumed courtesy the Opposition’s Political Jirga, both protesting parties have shifted...
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Sit-ins paralyse Islamabad, slow down progress
ISLAMABAD: There is not a shred of doubt that the recent developments in Islamabad have affected the country’s economic progress, causing direct and indirect, measurable and immeasurable losses. The...
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The economics of Islamabad
At some stage the cost incurred by the country as a result of the recent month-long turmoil in Islamabad will have to be calculated. The latest cost of this episode is the postponement of the...
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Islamabad schools shuttered as protests roll on
ISLAMABAD: With thousands of police using classrooms as makeshift barracks between nightly deployments to parliament, students in protest-hit capital Islamabad have been forced to put their academic...
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Nine militants arrested in Islamabad raid
ISLAMABAD: At least nine suspected terrorists were arrested in a raid carried out by security forces and police in Islamabad, Express News reported. According to initial media reports, the security...
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